Leviticus 24:18:4Lev.24.18.W4PAT
נֶ֖פֶשׁ
nefesh
“life”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- life
- French
- vie
- Spanish
- vida
- Portuguese
- vida
- German
- Leben
- Russian
- жизнь
- Arabic-Simplified
- نَفْس
- Hindi
- प्राण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 性命
- Korean
- 생명
- Indonesian
- nyawa
- Bengali
- প্রাণ
- Tagalog
- buhay
- Swahili
- uhai
- Amharic
- ሕይወት
- Yoruba
- ẹ̀mí
- Igbo
- ndụ
- Twi
- nkwa
- Ewe
- agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
נֶ֖ + פֶשׁ
↓
ne + fesh
↓
nefesh
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
NE-fesh
- clause
NE-fesh TA-khat NA-fesh
- sentence
oo-mak-KEH NE-fesh-be-he-MAH ye-shal-le-MEN-nah NE-fesh TA-khat NA-fesh
In context — Leviticus 24:18
strike an animal's life repay it life instead of life
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 24:18, so the Hebrew word נֶ֖פֶשׁ (nefesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.24.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.18.W4.S1) and character.